In Defense of Ska
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In Defense of Ska Ep 40: David McWaneListen now (88 min) | By now, most of us know that ska wasn’t dead in the 2000s. But it was uncool. Really uncool. Bands were fleeing from the scene, a…
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In Defense of Ska Ep 39: Max Collins of Eve 6Listen now (83 min) | Up until last year, alt-rock group Eve 6 was best known for their hit 1998 single, “Inside Out,” or as some people refer to it, “…
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In Defense of Ska Ep 38: Augusta KochListen now (65 min) | Augusta Koch’s first band was called The Blue Bananas, a ska band. They had a few originals and performed a Choking Victim song. …
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Did you know that Steve Douglas, ie “Balsac The Jaws Of Death” from the band GWAR, currently plays guitar in Australian ska/punk band The Resignators? …
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In Defense of Ska Ep 37: Homer FlynnListen now (81 min) | Avant-garde band The Residents have spent the last five decades anonymously creating music that is at times unsettling, goofy, bi…
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In Defense of Ska Ep 36: Mike ParkListen now (83 min) | Asian Man Records will be remembered as one of the best outlets for ska-punk in the 90s, with bands like Slapstick, MU330, Slow G…
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In Defense of Ska Ep 35: Kenneth PartridgeListen now (67 min) | The 90s was a weird time for mainstream music. After Nirvana and the “Grunge” scene blew up, major labels were on the prowl for t…
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In Defense of Ska Ep 34: Angelo MooreListen now (83 min) | A couple of years before ska broke on the radio, Fishbone—who was on Columbia Records at the time—released arguably the greatest …
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August was an amazing month in In Defense of Ska land. Can you believe the guests we’re getting for this show? If you haven’t listened to all of them, …
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In Defense of Ska Ep 33: Jessica LipskyListen now (70 min) | Soul music has never gone away, but different versions of it come and go. In 2007, when Sharon Jones, 51 at the time, released he…
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In Defense of Ska Ep 32: Ian FidanceListen now (76 min) | Why is it that most stand-up comedians pretend that they hate ska? We all know that they’re big nerds, so why don’t they relish i…
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In Defense of Ska Ep 31: Brad Logan & John GentileListen now (93 min) | Leftover Crack is a band of dumpster-diving, drug-abusing, cop-hating crust punks…so begins the opening section in the book Archi…
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